Manager Forbids Photos

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HOLLYWOOD -- City Manager Robert Noe told city employees on Monday that they no longer can be photographed with political candidates while on the job.

Noe said he instituted the new policy so that it would not look as if city employees are endorsing any candidate running in the March 10 city election.

``It is extremely important that employees be politically neutral when they are performing their official functions,`` Noe said in a memo issued to all city personnel. ``If employees are photographed with any one candidate while on city time, it could be construed as an endorsement.``

Noe said he had received a complaint from a candidate that some employees had been photographed with other candidates during work hours. Noe would not say which employees were involved or if they would be reprimanded.